Happy Saturday guys! I hope everyone out there is having a great December being that it is the month of the holidays. More corrections will be coming in from my editor who shall not be named for personal reasons. So those of you that noticed some errors that just bugged you, don't worry they will be fixed. Now enough of the small talk and boring stuff, lets get to what really matters! Chapters here we come! ======================================================================================================================

By the time we reached the hill that the building was on it had already gone dark. A full moon was just peeking over the mountains behind us and the sky was full of stars. Once we were at the base of the hill we discovered what the building was, Cloud was the first to recognize it for what it was.

Cloud: A reactor.

Barret: What?

Me: Looks like we chose wrong for our resting spot. We should go before some of Shinra decided to show up.

Red XIII: Too late.

Theo: What-!

Suddenly a bunch of figures had materialized around us, weapons drawn and pointed at us. There were about twenty of them.

Liz: We can take them.

She started to go for her knife.

?: Don't move. We have told you time and again that we will not let you take this reactor.

Me: Again with the guns!

Me: Look, I don't know who you think we are, but were just travelers trying to find shelter for the night.

?: Do you really think that I'm going to fall for that? You Shinra won't give up on taking back the reactor. We won't let you hurt the condors.

Tifa: We aren't Shinra, were actually against them.

The group surrounding us resolve seemed to waver, their weapons were being slowly lowered. Suddenly a light flashed in my face, it was from an oil lamp. A man shoved it into my face and inspected me and continued to do the same to the others.

?: If they are Shinra, I find it hard to believe with how they look, especially with the kids and that beast. Men, back off, return to your posts.

All of the shadowy figures stood up straight and gave off a 'Sir!' before they disappeared into the dark.

?: Follow me.

The guy with the lamp led us up the hill to the base of the reactor and circled around about half way to a hole in the side partly hidden by some boulders. Just before we entered there was a loud screech that seemed to have shaken the building.

Barret: The hell was that?!

Barret was pointing his gun hand up into the night sky, trying to find the source of the sound.

?: It's alright. Just keep moving.

Inside there was a single rope. The guy placed the lamp on a hook on a wire then began to climb the rope.

?: Come on.

We all looked at each other. If it were a trap we were walking right into it. But then again they had the perfect chance to get rid of us outside. We decided to follow. One by one we climbed up the rope, Red had to grab the rope with his mouth and be pulled up due to his lack of… um well, hands.

The rope brought us up to a large room with views of the higher levels. If this place was a reactor, it didn't show it. If anything it looked more like a base. There were people hurrying back and forth, relaying messages or delivering papers.

Jason: My name is Jason. Welcome to Fort Condor, the rebel base against Shinra.

Jason had his arms spread out, trying to show off the building.

Jason: I expect you're exhausted from your journey. Please, you're more than welcome to spend the night.

Cloud: Thank you.

Me: So how come you're against Shinra?

Jason gave me a sharp look, examining me.

Jason: I could ask you the same.

No one spoke for a while. Cloud was the one to spill.

Cloud: We attacked the Shinra building.

Jason's eyes went wide with shock. His mouth opened and closed multiple times but failed to get anything more than one syllable.

Jason: Come with me.

He hurriedly led us to another rope, this one leading down. Without waiting to see if we were following, he jumped down. We all climbed down to find that it was a bed room. Three beds were lined up against one wall. An old looking wooden table took the place in the middle of the room with six chairs surrounding it. A desk was on the other side of the room of the bed with an oil lamp that was already burning; there were several charts and maps scattered on the desk.

Jason: You killed the president?!

Me: Well news travels fast I'll tell you that much. But no, we weren't the ones who killed the president. We're part of a group that stood against Shinra in Midgar. Unfortunately, we are the ones chasing the presidents' murderer.

Jason: Not according to Shinra. News was that AVALANCHE had gone from blowing up reactors to attacking the Shinra building and killed the president.

Cloud: Then it's a cover up. They don't want anyone to know who the real culprit is.

Jason: And who is the real culprit?

Cloud: Shinra's very own Sephiroth.

Jason burst out in a hysterical laugh as if he had just heard the best joke ever. He looked back at us.

Jason: Ha, you are kidding right?

Cloud simply shook his head.

Jason: Well I can't say I believe you. That story is a bit far fetched to take. I won't ask you to tell me, your business is your business.

Tifa: Well, since we told you something about us, why don't you tell us why you are against Shinra?

Jason: Now that's hard to explain. Shinra hasn't used this reactor for a few years since the mako pool it was built over has dried out. But, about two months ago, a mother condor landed on the top and has been using it as its nest. Shinra doesn't seem to like it here and has been trying to remove it; we however won't stand by and let it happen.

Liz: Let me get this straight. You're fighting Shinra to protect a bird?

Jason: Not just the condor, she's laid an egg.

Theo: Not to sound like an echo, but a bird?

Jason: This is no ordinary condor. When you get up in the morning you'll see what I'm talking about.

Jason went to the rope and started to climb.

Jason: The gents will be sleeping here; you young ladies can follow me to your room.

Aerith: Thank you.

Once the girls left, everyone took their spots to sleep. Cloud sat against the wall, while Barret, Theo, and Chris took the beds. They both offered to switch with me, but I insisted that they take the beds. I would be sleeping at the desk.

I walked over and opened the drawers to look at its contents. As I hoped, there were enough materials to write another journal pertaining what had happened. I began to write. I was at the part of the Midgar Zolem when Chris came up behind me. Everyone had been asleep for a few hours and I didn't hear him coming up behind me.

Chris: What are you doing?

Me: Keeping track of what happened today since we left Kalm. I thought it best to keep a record of the journey.

Chris: Like a log entry.

Me: Pretty much. This is the third journal, one I left back in Kalm and the first is back in Midgar.

Chris: Why? Wouldn't you want to have them with you?

Me: Yah, but if we were to get caught by Shinra, they would know everything that we had been through. And the less they know the better.

Chris: Then why write them?

It was a good question, a question that I really didn't have an answer to. It just felt like I needed to write them for some purpose.

Me: To vent out I suppose. All of this can be a bit stressful.

Chris walked right up behind me and leaned his head over my shoulder to read what I had written so far. He placed his hand on my shoulder.

Chris: Well you better get some sleep. Not much use if you're tired out before anything of importance happens.

Me: Right.

Chris walked back to his bed and fell asleep almost instantly. I turned back and finished the last pages and set them to dry. Folding my arms, I used them as a pillow as I slept with my head on the desk. The darkness of unconsciousness took me quickly.